Improved counter seat



initrd Staten @wat @Mire DNIELH. KRAUSER, 0F POTTSVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 102,947, dated May 10, 1870.

I Mrnovnn coUNTER SEAT.'

`The Schedule referred to `in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fitmay concern:

Beit'kncwn that I,])A.NIEL.H. KnAUsEn, of lottsvillc,in the county of Schuylkill and State of `lennsylvania,.have invented a new and valuable Improvement'in ACounter- Seat-s ;V and I do hereby declare that the following is Aa. full, clear,'and exactl description oi' the construction and operationy of the same,

reference being `had to the annexed `drawings making :t part of' this spccitcatitm,` andfto the letters and iigf nres of reference marked thereon.

Figure 'l of the mdrawings is a representation of my invention in perspective, the seat being drawn out. p Figure 2 is a similarviewLwithtlle scatfolded back. Figure 3 is a. vertical sectional view. t

lily inve'n 'onrelates to counter seats for stores, and consist-sin the construction ot' slotted bracketsrto be att-ached to the counter, `and `desiggned to operate `in conjunction with a pivoted brace to support the seat `\vhcn drawn out, or to permit it .to be readily folded upagainst the front ofthe counter, out of the way.

'The letter A, of the drawings, designates the seat or cushion; p 1 l B is a brace pivoted to the froutthereof, and forked "at itsjlower lend .to embrace the slotted bracket C. "lhe lower ends-ofthe fork are connected by the pin a, `wl'iichplays in the slot of this bracket.

D D are larger brackets, arranged on each side of the small bracket C, audaredesigued to`support the rearof the seat. They, as well as the bracket 0:,are

l secured to thcwall of the count-er, in vcase there is the scat is drawn out.

vsuch a wall. If not, standards vcan be made forthem andsecurcd to the floor. V y

Arms b b are fastened to the bottom oftheseat A, aud are provided with the studs or pinsc @arranged to play in the slots of the brackets D D.

"A bend is formed in the upper part of the slot of each bracket, in .such a manner that a recess or ledge, l1, `is provided to support the studs c c and pin a when y In the slot of the central lower bracket this lledge is turned toward the counteiyin order that it may better serve as a bearing for 'the pin Y But'the slots of thebrackets DD are bent outward ,from the counter to receive the studs cc, which are forced. in that direct-ion when `pressure aof the brace.

is applied .to the seat.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'The adjustable counter seat herein described, pro.- vided with pivoted brace B, arms b, `journals c, and

slotted brackets O I), arranged to permit the seat to y be drawn out horizontally or folded vertically against the couuter-frout, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hercnnto subscribed my, name in the presence of two witnesses.

` DANIEL KRAUSERY."

Witnesses: Y

J. H. FISTER, SAMUEL OHRISMAX.- 

